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{{Infobox Filesystem

| name = PFS

| full_name = Professional File System

| developer = Michiel Pelt

| introduction_os = [[AmigaOS]]

| introduction_date = 1995

| partition_id = 'PFS\1', 'muAF', 'AFS\1' ([[Amiga Rigid Disk Block|RDB]])

| directory_struct =

| file_struct =

| bad_blocks_struct =

| max_filename_size = 31 characters

| max_files_no =

| max_volume_size = 107 [[gigabyte|GB]]

| max_file_size =

| filename_character_set = All bytes except NULL, ':' and '/'

| dates_recorded = modification (mtime)

| date_range = January 1, 1978 - January 18, 2038

| date_resolution = 1/50s

| forks_streams =

| attributes = filenote

| file_system_permissions = Amiga permissions, [[multiuser]] permissions

| compression = No

| encryption = No (provided at the block device level)

| single_instance_storage = No

| OS = [[AmigaOS]]

}}

The '''Professional File System''' is a [[filesystem]] originally developed commercially for the [[Amiga]], it is now distributed on Aminet with a 4-clause [[BSD license]]. PFS tends to perform very well, due to the simplicity of design. Compatible successor of ''Ami-FileSafe''.